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2014 August 16 Archives - News Weekly

Issue 2014 August 16

Articles in this issue:

  • INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS Locking up the dogs of war: huge decline in war-related deaths
  • BOOK REVIEW The feel-good policies that devastate

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    INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS Locking up the dogs of war: huge decline in war-related deaths

    Patrick J. ByrneAug 16, 201413 min read

    Since the fall of the Soviet Union in 1989, war-related deaths have declined dramatically; and since the Second Gulf War of 2003, war-related deaths have been at the lowest level in modern history. This may seem counter-intuitive. The media’s intensive coverage of the horrors of current conflicts give the impression that war is worse than ever, with more armed conflicts, civilian deaths, rapes…

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    BOOK REVIEW The feel-good policies that devastate

    Editorial TeamAug 16, 20149 min read

      PLEASE STOP HELPING US: How Liberals Make it Harder for Blacks to Succeed by Jason L. Riley (New York: Encounter Books) Hardcover: 184 pages ISBN: 9781594037252 Price: AUD$47.95   Reviewed by Hal G.P. Colebatch   A new book arguing that government programs and initiatives intended to help blacks in America are actually counter-productive and a major cause of poverty, unemployment, drug-dealing and…

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